3 hurt as teen's car rear-ends SUV at I-78, Berks, police say

Three people were injured west of Hamburg on Tuesday night when a teenager's car rear-ended a sport utility vehicle that had stopped on Route 183 to turn onto an Interstate 78 ramp, police said.

Billy J. Wesner, 16, of Pine Grove was southbound on Route 183, Upper Tulpehocken Township, at 9:30 p.m. when his car hit the back end of the SUV driven by Gerard Fitzgerald, 59, of Hamburg, state police at Hamburg said.

Fitzgerald was not hurt, but Steve Brubaker, 49, of Hamburg, one of Fitzgerald's four passengers, had a minor injury, police said. The injured were taken by Bethel EMS to Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon.

Wesner will be cited for driving too fast for conditions, police said.